Radeon RX 5500 OEM vs GRID K120Q
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1221 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.42 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 July 2014 (11 years ago) | 7 October 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | 1408 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1845 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.60 | 162.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3264 TFLOPS | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 88 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 180 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 891 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.51 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 July 2014 | 7 October 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 110 Watt |
RX 5500 OEM has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 18.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GRID K120Q and Radeon RX 5500 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GRID K120Q is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5500 OEM is a desktop one.
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